Nevin bids to find out if men were informers

CONVICTED murderer Catherine Nevin has begun proceedings to get the DPP or Garda commissioner to disclose whether the three men who gave evidence at her trial were state informers.

The application is part of Nevin’s bid to have her conviction in April 2000 for the murder of her husband, Tom, at their pub, Jack White’s Inn, Brittas Bay, on March 19, 1996, declared a miscarriage of justice.

Nevin claims that material not given to her lawyers at the time of her trial contains information casting doubt on the credibility and motivation of key prosecution witnesses in the case.